Asus Striker Extreme Pictures & Results (56k Warning)

[jonbass]

First of i would like to say that my English aren’t that great so please have indulgence with that.


Asus Striker Extreme Pictures & Results

For some time now i have been searching for a motherboard that works great together with Kentsfield, and a couple of days ago I got my hand on a Asus Striker Extreme.
I have read some pretty good things about the board and especially about people using Kentsfield and getting great results, I also read about people having problems with striker but despite of this I really wanted to try the new Asus high-end motherboard.

So I ordered and the board arrived last Friday, and I must say that I was really impressed with both the board and accessories.
With the board it follows this amazing bundle, i think this was the absolutely biggest bundle I ever seen together with a motherboard.
Apart from the regular accessories like manual, SATA/IDE cables etc Asus Striker also contains a copy of Ghost Recon Advanced War fighter, 3D Mark 06 Advanced edition, Kapersky Anti-virus and off course al the regular Asus software like PC probe, drivers etc.
In the Hardware bundle you can find a temp sensors, Cable ties, SATA Cables with 90 grade etc, but the big reason why somebody should get the board is offcorse because the bundled R.O. G key ring :p: .
But even if I love this big bundle it’s also probably one of the reason why this board is so expensive, now I read that Asus is going to release a Striker basic and hopefully the different between extreme and basic will be a smaller bundle and then also a better price tag.


Layout:

The layout on Asus Striker Extreme is absolutely outstanding, everything seems to be on the right place.
The area around the socket its absolutely clean which simplify the assemble of more extreme cooling, there is nothing interfering with socket kit, insulation etc.
However the heat sinks on the motherboard surrounding the socket can interfere with large CPU coolers, but when using water, phase or similar there shouldn’t be any problems.

Right next to the front panel connectors on the motherboard there is three buttons, Start, reset and Clear Cmos. Another cool thing is when the board are plugged in and turned of you can push a button on the I/O Panel and turn a couple of blue led´s on, they will light up parts of the motherboard and simplify connecting the front panel etc.
The SATA connectors have been rotated 90 degrees on the side of the motherboard and this will help getting the cables out of the way.

The only thing so far I don’t like is the IDE connectors that are right behind the 24 pins ATX, it’s very tight between IDE and 24 Pin and also between IDE and RAM.

But other than the IDE/24Pin this board has one of the best layouts I ever seen.

Other things worth mention is that Asus Striker Extreme have 100% solid aluminium electrolytic capacitors and this will improve the signal quality, and it is build on a 6 layer process witch gives better power delivery and will results in a more stable board.

BIOS:

BIOS on Striker Extreme are just amazing there’s so much possibilities for tweaking, especially adjustments for memory and Voltage exceeded my expectations.

Timings:
tCL (CAS Latency)
tRCD (Row Address to Column Address Dela)
tRP (Row Precharge)
tRAS (Row Active Strobe)
Command Per Clock (CMD)
tRRD (Row to Row Delay)
tRC (Row Cycle Time)
tWR (Write to Read Delay)
tWTR (Internal Write to Read Command Delay)
tREF (Refresh Rate)
tRD (Read Delay)
tRFC (Row Cycle Refresh Time)
Async Latency


Voltage:
Vcore= from 0.83125V to 1.90000V in 0.00625V increments
Memory V= from 1.800V to 3.425V in 0.025V increments
NB Core V
SB Core V
CPU VTT
DDR2 Controller
DDR2 Channel A ref V
DDR2 Channel B ref V




Front Side Bus: 533-3000MHz in 1MHz increments

Memory Clock : 400-2000MHz in 1MHz increments

PCI-Express Frequency: independent adjustment of the PCI-Express x16 slots from 100-200MHz in 1MHz increments




Nothing feels plastic or cheap on Asus Striker Extreme, it is right through a quality product.
Just remember that this board will take both time and patience.


R.O.G Key ring:

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/Striker_-005.jpg



Pictures Motherboard:


http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7780.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7678.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7681.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7762.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7692.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7726.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7698.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7726_test.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7739.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7695.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7711.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7728.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7736.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7742.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7703.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7706.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7734_digital.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7722.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7704_test.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7720_twst.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V77503.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7740.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7766.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7765.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/XK3V7765_test.jpg




BIOS:


http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/BIOS_-027.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/BIOS_-009.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/BIOS_-011.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/BIOS_-015.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/BIOS_-020.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/BIOS_-022.jpg


Results:

Cooling:.............. Zalman 9500AT (Ambient air 21 degrees)
CPU:.................. QX6700 ES
Motherboard:...... Asus Striker Extreme / BIOS 0802
DDR2:................ Corsair TWIN2X 8500
Graphic:............. XFX8800GTX

Vcore: Stock Voltage
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/PI_3608_stor.jpg


Vcore: 1.47v
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/PI_3900.jpg


Vcore: 1.47v
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/06_3707.jpg


More results and pictures will come soon, and if somewhone have any question or want to see a speciel picture then write in the thread and i will try answer as good as i can.

[SaII]

Wow, never realized how high the heatsinks are ._.

[tomb18]

Hi,
How high can you get the fsb up on the kentsfield? Can you try for let's say 400 with a 9x multiplier?
Most boards apparently cannot get higher than 300 or so.
Thanks

[LordofDoom]

Hmm looks better than some others have said it is :)

[LittleDevil]

Really nice rewiev and pics too, :toast: but standard ASUS bios makes me crazy :stick:

Regards

[RADCOM]

Looks very nice indeed cracking shots. I ordered one from Amazon on the 6th Dec and they cancelled on the 14th Jan "unable to obtain stock":slapass:

[jonbass]

Unfortunately i can’t raise the FSB above 340 with my kenstfield but despite of that I am very happy with the board, I used to have a P5W DH and on that board I could get almost 390 Mhz FSB but then I had problems with everything else.
I had a serious problem with voltage drop on P5W DH, I couldn’t get more than 1.55-1.57v during load, the memory divider didn’t work so I had to run my DDR2 8500 way under what they where specified to run etc.
That’s why I got the Striker Extreme because I needed more voltage, and it seems like striker gives much more stable voltage during load with kenstfield.


Today i have tested my memory’s and also runned a couple of other benchmarks, and I am pretty happy with the results.
Like I said before, I couldn’t over clock my memory’s on my P5W so this is a new experience for me
I managed to run my Twin2x 8500 in 601 Mhz (1202 Mhz) 5-5-5-15 with 2.2v witch is a big improvement, and hopefully I can get them to run a bit faster when I have learned what timings to use and if I give them a bit more voltage.

For most benches today I used stock voltage and stock speed just to se how diffrent timings affected the results, but the last half-hour I did do some serious benching.

I will be assembling my Mach 2 on my system in the beginning of next week and will off course post results of that.



Here are a couple of the results from today.

System:

Kylning:............ Zalman 9500AT ( air 21 degrees )
CPU:................. kentsfield QX 6700 ES
Moderkort:....... Asus Striker Extreme 0802
Minne:.............. DDR2 Corsair TWIN2X 8500
Grafik:............. Single Geforce XFX 8800 GTX
PSU:................. Silverstone Zeus 650W / 430Ww for fans etc

CPU:..... 3730 Mhz
Vcore:... 1.47v
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/639/063739riva7oy.jpg

CPU:..... 3936 Mhz
Vcore:... 1.48v
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4594/pi39262ow.jpg

CPU:...... 3136 Mhz
Vcore:... Stock voltage
DDR2:.... 470 Mhz 1T 4-4-4-12
Vdimm:... 2.2v
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6696/ddr24705cz.jpg

CPU:...... 2406 Mhz
Vcore:... Stock Voltage
DDR2:.... 601 Mhz 2T 5-5-5-15
Vdimm:... 2.2v
http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/7016/ddr26017sc.jpg

CPU:..... Stock
Vcore:... Stock voltage
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/6489/queenoriginal1ft.jpg

CPU:..... 3884 Mhz
Vcore:... 1.47v
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/162/queen38896zd.jpg

CPU:..... Stock
Vcore:... Stock Voltage
http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/4051/sinjuliaoriginal4yv.jpg

[Atom]

i have a similar setup
can you show your temps at that oc??

[Drag]

can you put the led on in the bios and then give us pictures in the dark?

[Atom]

i just want to see what temps he is getting with that overclock on air knowing this quads run real hot
Got my Tuniq ordered anyway and i'm gonna show some pics when cooling is taken care of for me

[anarinsk]

It might be best chice except price. Is it absurd to expect cheaper version of hardcore dedicated M/B from ASUS? :)

[jonbass]

About striker Extreme cheaper version, I have seen that there is a Striker Basic on its way to be released, and I think the differents between Basic and Extreme is the bundle and also then a better price on Basic. I hope that answers your question.


I am sorry I haven’t posted any temp yet but i have so much to do, I just started a new job and I am also getting ready to move so I have a really full schedule.

I will take a couple of screens next time I run and will also take pictures of the system with the led´s on, I will try to get the screens as soon as possible and I think I will get a couple of hours tonight when I can do this.

Like you said Atom the temp are rising very fast when going above 1.4v, I would really like to give the CPU a bit more voltage but with 1.47v and running 3D Mark 06 I get around 80-85 degrees during CPU test with my Zalman 9500AT. During Idle I get somewhere around 55-60 degrees and I don’t feel comfortable when the temp are getting this high.

Another thing, I really like the Zalman 9500 AT but it is not the ultimate cooler for Quad Core CPU´s, when running stock voltage everything is fine but when over clocking the temp is rising very fast. When going above 1.4v the temps starts going up and when going above 1.45 I had to put a extra fan that helps Zalman cooling the CPU.
I really wish I could give my CPU a bit more voltage because I am pretty sure I can raise the CPU up to 4000Mhz with air on the striker extreme, I could do 3983 Mhz on my P5W with around 1.52v during Load and on my Striker extreme I can do the same with 1.49v.


P5W DH-Delux / 1.52Vcore / Zalman 9500AT
http://img73.imageshack.us/img73/8626/pi3983xx5.jpg


I will assemble my Mach 2 in the end of this week and then hopefully getting better temps so I can raise the voltage above 1.5.

[[cTx]Philosophy]

Very nice board and pics as well..

I see your taste isnt just in hardware but a nice digi cam is in that group as well..

I wanna see this board go above 400 fsb for the kents..

[jonbass]

Here are the pictures and screens of led´s and temps, sorry for the bad quality of the pictures.
I am moving and don’t have the system camera here yet so I had to use my old digital camera, but I hope this will do until I get a chance to take new pictures with a decent camera.
And because of the bad quality I just post a couple pictures of the led´s on the motherboard.


Here are the screens, the first one is with stock voltage and just making sure that Everest and Core temp seems to be reading the same temp.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/Temp_original_Coretemp_2.jpg

This is with 1.47v Idle, remember that I have added an extra fan that helps cooling the CPU.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/original_3700_2.jpg

This is with 1.47v and Super PI, this is only on one core, if I run 3D mark or if I run PI on al four cores then the temp will be around 80 degrees maybe a little more depending on ambient air.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/1.jpg



This is how the led´s on the motherboard looks like, there are a couple of led´s that aren’t showing on this picture but I hope you better understand now how they looks like and how they works.

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/LED_-024.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/LED_-001.jpg


I will post better pictures when i get the chance, i will also assemble my Mach 2 hopefully tomorrow and sometime this weekend i will test this motherboard with better cooling, i am really looking forward to this and will off course post screens when i have any.

[Atrin]

good mobo..

thx for the review

[Drag]

I like the leds :D!, but why does your sig say qx6800? i didn't know that excisted O.o

[jonbass]

He he, Thanks for telling me :) , i have fixed it now.

I used to have a X6800 so i must have missed changed the eight to a seven.

[yz250]

It's so beautiful with led.......

[Radium]

wow, nice Board and really good results :cool: :toast:

[vanovich]

which clkgen dll do you use? nice pictures and review .

[NeoRecon]

Nice review. Mine is on order (Expected for vendor to get them in stock on 1/31). I'm greatly looking forward to seeing what this puppy can do.

[Drag]

Nice review. Mine is on order (Expected for vendor to get them in stock on 1/31). I'm greatly looking forward to seeing what this puppy can do.
true, these things are so hard to get. i had less trouble with getting my xbox360, but its broken now:eek: but i'm going to get it rma'd

[jonbass]

I am sorry i took me so long to write anything about my results, but as i mentioned earlier I just started a new job and I am also moving so there haven’t been any time for any benching. I assembled my Mach 2 last weekend and haven’t even tried over clocking until today.


I overclocked my system for the first time today with my Mach 2 assembled, i didn’t push my system I just wanted to get a feeling how high I could go and how good my CPU answers to cold, and I must say I am happy so far.
On my P5W DH I could run 3D mark 06 in 4100Mhz with somewhere around 1.535-1.55v, I had a terrible voltage drop on P5W so when giving the CPU 1.65v I got 1.53-1.55v during load depending on application.
On the Striker Extreme the voltage is so much better, during load the voltage doesn’t drop anything, with 1.5v during Idle its stays there during load as well.
With Striker Extreme i could run 3D mark 06 in 4100 Mhz with 1.51-1.52v, my best run was 4133Mhz but that was just during the CPU test.


Here are a couple results from today, next time i will try to push my system and hopefully I can run 3D Mark 06 with 4200-4300 Mhz with present cooling.


http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/4142/0614950ru9.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/1450/06cpu4097iv7.jpg

http://img144.imageshack.us/img144/9094/queen4133hf9.jpg

Hopefully i will get some time tommorow to improve my results a bit.

[Drag]

very nice, phase cooling on qx6700 :o

[jonbass]

I am sorry it took me such time to answer but I have so much to do so I haven’t found the time, but today I took me some time.

Unfortunaly I have a problem with my Vcore so I cant get any more than 1.53 during load which sucks. Now I heard that this is a problem with the BIOS and not the board so I hope Asus will fix this soon.

So when benching I cant get more voltage than 1.53 so I had to se how high I could take me just tweaking the other voltage settings and memory’s, and I must say I am pretty satisfied.
I managed to run 3D mark 06 in 4133 Mhz and Super PI in 4331 Mhz, with my P5W DH and 1.55 I could run 3D 06 in 4100 so this is an improvement.
Another thing I noticed is that my 8800GTX klock a bit higher in the Striker card, I could run 709 Mhz in 3D 06 with my P5W and with striker I can run 714/1100 (no mods).

Now I really hope Asus will release a BIOS that can give me more voltage because with just 1.53vcore I managed to get some decent results so with more voltage I hope to get some great results.

I will stop boring you with text and show some screens instead.

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/7017/0615088at7.jpg

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=1166310

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/06_15095.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/05_3271.jpg


http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/PI_4331.jpg

More will come.

[stogez]

Theres sooo much to love about this board :)

[jonbass]

It seems like Photo bucket are having some problems, i hope they will fix this soon so that the pictures will show up.
I will find a better place to upload my pictures to so this will hopefully not happen anymore, but until i found another place for my pictures you can watch them here.

http://www.skebo.ac/jonbass/Striker_Extreme/index.html

You can also watch pictures of EVGA 680i, XFX8800GTX etc.

http://www.skebo.ac/jonbass/gallery.html

__________________________________________________ _____

Please excuse my bad english:

I have had some problem over clocking my Kentsfield on my Striker Extreme board because i couldn’t raise the Vcore, i thought about changing the motherboard because of this but i decided to wait a couple of weeks and se if Asus could fix this problem with a new BIOS.
And a couple of days ago Asus released BIOS 1002 and finally my Vcore problem was fixed, with 0801 i couldn’t get more than 1.53v during load and so my over clocking got stuck but now with BIOS 1002 i can finally push my Kentsfield higher.

Yesterday i compared my results with 1002 and 0801, and i must say that i am impressed by the improvement Asus have made on 1002.
When testing 1002 i used the same voltage and settings that i used on 0801 and i runned a couple of benchmarks and also tested a couple of regular application just to se the different in the performance, with the same voltage i could go 70 Mhz higher on 1002 compared to 0801 which i am satisfied with.

Now when i can get more than 1.53vcore i hope to improve my results and my over clocking, my goal is to run 3D mark 06 somewhere between 4250-4300 Mhz.
I will give it a go sometime later this week and i will offcourse post my results here.



But until then i have a couple of screens from my comparison between 1002 and 0801.



CPU:.......4134 Mhz
Vcore:.....1.53v
GPU:.......714 Mhz
GDDR:....1100 Mhz

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?3dm06=1250417

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/4285/0615176ud8.jpg


CPU:.......4264 Mhz
Vcore:.....1.53v
GPU:.......714 Mhz
GDDR:....1100 Mhz

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/3556/0522112gc7.jpg


http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/9080/sinjulia23681xj0.jpg


http://img63.imageshack.us/img63/924/fpusinjulia4300dx2.jpg


http://img61.imageshack.us/img61/3029/queen4300fg5.jpg

[Drag]

4.2ghz is like so high!, i have a question does the array mice work on other sound cards to?

[teko]

It looks like the light in the reboot switch, power switch, etc. is turned off? If they are, how did you do it? I have the AMD version (crosshair) and they are driving me crazy ;)

[xB0n3s]

Extreme numbers here, but I guess most ES QX6700 has them :p:

[jonbass]

Sorry i haven’t given you guys an answer or posted any more results but i have been moving and it also have been very much to do on my work, but this weekend i assembled my system in my new apartment and yesterday my new memory’s arrived so i can finally fire up my system again.

//I will probably write a review about my new memory’s as soon as i have tested them, i will at least write some kind of evaluate.//

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/SNC10924.jpg

More results and pictures will come as soon as I have any, I will try my new memory’s tonight and hopefully I will get the time to post a couple of results from this.


Questions:
The array mic will probably work on other sound cards to, i haven’t tested it yet but i am pretty sure it will work.

On most of the pictures i haven’t the motherboard connected, when i connect the system the leds lights up and unfortunately i don’t know how you turn them of other than shutting down the power supply. I can inspect this tonight and see if there is a way to turn the lights off when the motherboard is running.

[DFI pit bull]

Some superb photos of an uber sexy board.

Has anybody added a third card on this board for physics?

[cruiser8199]

Just about to put a system together for a mate and he wants the best. I was thinking of almost exact components, sept for a few changes. Also had a few questions about alternative components:

CPU: Kentsfield QX6700
Board: Asus Striker Extreme
- The only other option here is the eVGA 680i SLI, but have heard instability with quad + SLI

Mem: Corsair 5-5-5 Twin2X XMS2 Dominator (2x1024MB) DDR2-1066MHz
- any opinions on OCZ 6400 EPP-Ready 2GB Kit 4-4-4-15 1T

Video: 2 x XFX 8800GTX XXX Limited Edition 768MB GDDR3 630Mhz/2.0Ghz
Power: Thermaltake ToughPower 850W Modular EPS
- Would a SilverStone ST85F 850w Strider be better?

HD: Western Digital Raptor 74GB x 2 (Raid0)
Cooling: Thermalright XP-90C
- does it outperform a Thermaltake Big Typhoon VX
- what kind of stable overclock can I expect on air?

Final questions is, has anyone had issues running SLI on the Asus with a Intel Quad??

Any opinions welcome.

[xB0n3s]

Don't know about quad+sli, but I'm having some weird troubles with the board (at least I think it's the board). It seems preety unstable with my system. My bios is 0901 and I'm currently running all settings default and sometimes it crashes. It's getting really frustrating and I wonder if anyone else had similar problems :confused:

I don't want to scare you, maybe it's just my rig and you'll be fine; I just warned you in case you had any issues with that board :)

[Atom]

Don't know about quad+sli, but I'm having some weird troubles with the board (at least I think it's the board). It seems preety unstable with my system. My bios is 0901 and I'm currently running all settings default and sometimes it crashes. It's getting really frustrating and I wonder if anyone else had similar problems :confused:

I don't want to scare you, maybe it's just my rig and you'll be fine; I just warned you in case you had any issues with that board :)

try the 1002 bios,i think it solved a lot of problems for most people

[xB0n3s]

try the 1002 bios,i think it solved a lot of problems for most people Thanks, but is it already on ASUS site?

[mukmaster]

THis board looks gerogus

[xB0n3s]

THis board looks gerogus
Maybe...but it's not perfect.

[rvd]

the striker looks wowzzzaa

[SVTSnake]

Just recieved my Striker today. THey have redesigned the cooling. 1 of the heatpipes no longer goes over the ATX 8-pin connector. Instead, it routes it back through the northbridge. Its still a 1.00G , not the afformentioned 1.03.

[teko]

Have you turned of the light in the buttons? The red and green light?

[Leeghoofd]

Snake can you post a piccie plz of that new designed heatpipe ?

[V3LOCIP3D3]

Can the heatpipe setup be completely removed from the board? It looks like there's screws, but I'm curious because I think I'm gonna watercool the chipsets.

[V3LOCIP3D3]

Can the heatpipe setup be completely removed from the board? It looks like there's screws, but I'm curious because I think I'm gonna watercool the chipsets.

In response to my own question: Yes it can. lol . . . (just found out more info)

[Leeghoofd]

http://users.pandora.be/OAP/Hardware/Cube/mobo%20001.jpg

[Tuppen^^]

Nice review !:D

[hmammen]

Nice review....i love this board...

[jonbass]

I am sorry i havent been around here for some time now but i have been swamp with work so i havent had any time to write anything, sorry for that.


I have been upgrading some of my hardware the last couple of weeks, i sold my Corsair Twin 2X and got myself a couple of 2x1024 OCZ Flex 9200 memory and i must say that i love these OCZ memorys.
I also decided to get a new power supply so i dont have to worry about power for next generations GPU´s from ATI and nVidia, i have been using Silverstone PSU´s for 2 years now and been very satisfied so i decided to go with a Silverstone Olympia 1000W.

Both the OCZ and Olympia works great on Striker Extreme, but for the OCZ memorys it was kind of difficult to find the right settings at first but after alot of testing i think i have figured them out.

I have written a review on both the OCZ memorys and the Silverstone Power supply in a swedish forum, so when i get the time i will translate and post it here on Xtremesystems.


Here are a couple of picthures and screens from the reviews.


http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/SNC10946.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q2/Jonbass_121/SNC10933.jpg

http://img507.imageshack.us/img507/773/olympia319oh5.jpg

http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/6148/3331t412yk3.jpg

http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/4356/444601ux9.jpg



I will post new results later this week, now when i have some time over i will finally get the chance to push my system further :).
Hoppefully i will have something new to post before this weekend.